COVID-19 UPDATE, 08/03/2021:  Please check in using the QR poster by the studio door (upstairs) using the NZ Covid Tracing phone app or  RIPPL app.
We are also running manual contact tracing - the list is in the office.
Do not visit the studio if you are feeling unwell.
Please follow the rules for Alert Level 1

Contact: James Gilberd, j.gilberd@xtra.co.nz  |  027 444 3899  |  04 382 9502 after 10am. Location: 1st floor, 37 Courtenay Place, Wellington CBD

Hire rates and equipment available

STUDIO HIRE RATES

• These rates include use of studio lighting equipment listed below.
• Hire rates do not include use of background paper that becomes marked or damaged and has to be disposed of. See note below.
  
• Minimum booking - $90.00 + GST (up to an hour)
• 2 hours - $140.00 + GST
• 3 hours - $190.00 + GST
• Half day - $240.00 + GST (4-5 hrs)
• Full day - $360.00 + GST (6 to 10 hrs)
• Longer periods of use - POA
• Bare room rates available, POA
• Use for other purposes (events, performance, seminars, meetings) by negotiation
• Available 24/7 but an agreed-upon minimum charge will operate for Sunday and late night access
• Some bookings may require a non-refundable deposit to confirm
• Conditions of hireage and usage apply. Please ensure you read and understand them.
• We reserve the right to refuse to hire, at our own discretion
• Payment on invoice is usually fine, as long as it is reasonably prompt. Payment by internet transfer, Eftpos, cash accepted.

Equipment available, all included in hire fee:

• Elinchrom ELC Pro HD flash units - 2x 1000Ws, 2x 500Ws
• Elinchrom camera-mounted control units to trigger flashes and adjust power outputs 
• 175cm Octabox, 2 softboxes
• 70cm beauty dishes, reflectors, snoots
• Range of background paper rolls, 2.7m wide - white, grey, black and var. colours (note: marked or damaged paper is charged-for additionally)
• Lighting stands, and 2 large Photix stands with wheels
  
• Photix circular LED panels (3) for continuous light shooting, video
  
• Camera tripods, various
• Sekonic flash meters
• High-speed fibre internet, good wifi
• Furniture: 2 trestle tables (black, light grey), 4 bar stools, 20 folding chairs, round plinths.
• View the studio in 3-D in this Matterport scan, made in August 2020.

Please note: the paper background rolls are expensive, so if you require a clean area of background paper for models to walk around on, it will be charged for at replacement cost per metre of used paper. This could mean an additional cost of $25 +GST per metre marked or damaged, depending on paper usage, extent of foot marks and other damage. (There is no charge for use of the backgrounds if they are not damaged during shooting.)

Sorry, we do not hire cameras. Also, the main studio equipment is not generally available for hire for use outside the studio. Wellington Photographic Supplies have a range cameras, lenses and other equipment for hire.

Backgrounds
There are some 2.7m wide paper backgrounds available. We always keep white, grey and black ones up and ready. If you want clean background paper rolled out on the floor, the amount that gets trashed will need to be covered by your hire payment.

Photo links to 3-D Matterport scan view of the studio. Courtenay Studios with Elinchrom ELC Pro HD flash units.

Courtenay Studio in use, with Elnchrom flash lighting

Photix LED panels, variable in power output and colour temperature (3200K to 5600K), useful for video shooting or as continuous lighting for portraiture etc.

Studio with Elinchrom flash units, This equipment and more is included in the standard hire charge

Studio floor plan: click on graphic to enlarge.